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Danish textile brand Kvadrat has worked with designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec on a roller blind that does more than just screen a window. Read more View the full article

Milan 2014: Werner Aisslinger, Martino Gampa and Robert Stadler are among 22 contemporary designers that have interpreted Danish textile brand Kvadrat's Divina fabric for a show in Milan this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Single-colour rooms, carpeted walls and circular doorways feature inside this Oslo office which Norwegian studio Kvistad has designed to feel like a "Scandinavian spaceship". Read more

South Korean designer Kwangho Lee has inlaid cherry wood furniture with enameled copper panels made using an ancient Korean firing technique. Read more View the full article

This boutique in Seoul was designed by Korean firm Betwin Space Design to showcase crocodile-skin handbags. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Helsinki firm Arkkitehdit NRT designed these workshop facilities for Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Finland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. Read more View the full article

Architect Keiichi Hayashi of Japan has converted this traditional timber townhouse in central Kyoto into a cosmetics store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hiroshi Hara's monumental Kyoto Station features in the latest short movie by architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden, as part of his contribution to Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

An assortment of windows are randomly scattered across the timber facade of this budget hotel outside Le Mans, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

During the renovation of this Montreal home, local firm L McComber Architects reinterpreted its mock-Tudor facades with an expansion that echoes the architectural style. Read more View the full article

French designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has created a cross between a poster and a lamp. (more...) View the full article

Designer Irina Flore has created a collection of ceramic bowls and plates that can be stacked up into form containers for preserving food, to offer an alternative to plastic tupperware or foil. Read more View the full article

Six masters students from the L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique present projects ranging from city design to food innovation in this digital show as part of Virtual Design Festival's student and schools initiative. Read more View the full article

Cologne 2013: Swiss industrial designer Lucien Gumy has won the [D3] Contest at imm cologne trade fair with his interlocking wooden shelving. (more...) View the full article

This outdoor urinal by French design studio Faltazi slots into a straw bale to recycle pee from festivalgoers into compost. (more...) View the full article

Another bonkers machine! This one is a virtual potters wheel by Belgian designers Unfold and Tim Knapen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Children visiting the Centre Pompidou in Paris can join workshops in the recently-opened education centre designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Elise Gabriel’s series of furniture made by wrapping cellulose fibres round the joints is on show at Galerie Gosserez in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. (more…) View the full article

More about Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec in Milan – this time a wooden bird for design brand Vitra. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: The wooden L01 chair by Studio Eva Natasa was designed in response to studio founder Eva Natasa's "need to sit properly". Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: L02 is a wooden stool designed by Studio Eva Natasa for use as either a seat or side table in any domestic space. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: L03 is a minimal wooden bench designed by Studio Eva Natasa, intended to "ignite more social interaction among people". Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Indonesian office Studio Eva Natasa has used teak wood to create the "elegant and versatile" L04 table, which is intended for both working and dining. Read more View the full article